RIGOL DS1202Z-E Digital Oscilloscope, 200MHz Bandwidth, 2 Analog Channels, 24Mpts Memory Depth, 1G Sa/s Sampling Rate, Free Trigger and Decoding Functions, 3 Years Warranty

I'm lost for words. For a few hundred pounds you can buy an oscilloscope that matches the heart's desire of every electronics hobbyist. It's got the lot. Two channels versus time, or X/Y for Lissajous figures, good range on both time and voltage, goes up to alarmingly high frequencies, measures every parameter you can imagine on a waveform, and being a storage oscilloscope, no problem with transients etc.; averaging of multiple shots, triggering in every way imaginable, and frequency analysis too, plus integration of the area under the signal, or differentiation for slope measurements. And a very good frequency counter too. It's really hard to think of anything this scope can't do. It feels quality too, sturdy and well-made, and yet it won't take up too much space. The enormous amount of functionality is all fairly accessible through well laid-out menus and front panel controls. Yes, with all that stuff going on, you're going to spend a few hours with the instructions (which are online, not in the box) working out how to use it. But it's all logically arranged. This really is a product that Rigol should be proud of.

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Everything came as expected and well packaged.In Use -I bought this expecting a bandwidth of 200MHz as advertised but as with others I've tried there is a catch, others would not let me turn off 20MHz bandwidth limit and Rigol DS1202z-e won't allow turning off Sin(x)/x which is absolutely no good working with fast DAC's/Digital.I Contacted Rigol(EU) and they were quite responsive but with very unhelpful replies, the first being had I tried pressing the sin(x)/x button as an answer to asking why it would not turn off (first thing I tried! )Email continued, trying to resolve the issue but to no avail, several emails later they suddenly stopped after my stating my logic process that led me to believe that the hardware would not handle anything above 10MHz with decent results.I've kept it as the cursor measurements etc. are things my old analogue scope could not do and I cant find anything in this price range that will do as stated BW wise.( Had it a few months now ) in short it wasn't a choice to keep it but defeat in finding something that did what it said it would.Also the supplied probes are as you'd imagine, great if you need a couple of expensive antennas.So overall if you only deal with analogue signals below 10MHz it would be ok but definitely not for high speed digital, I was at the start of equipment acquisition but Rigol won't see any more orders from me as their specifications can not be trusted.